Vincent John “Vin” Sheehan

HERITAGE No: 314

BIRTH: 14 February 1916

Coonabarabran, NSW

DEATH: 23 February 1973 Binnaway, NSW

DEATH: 23 February 1973

Binnaway, NSW

OCCUPATION: Laborer, 1943

RESIDENCE: Club Hotel, Garah, NSW (Moree District), 1943

GAME HISTORY

St Joseph’s College RU Firsts 1932, 1933
Wests RL 2nd Grade 1934, 1936
Wests RL First Grade 1934, 1935, 1936
City RL Firsts v Country RL Firsts 1934
Sydney RL Firsts 1936
Wauchope RL 1937
Binnaway RL 1933, 1938, 1939, 1940
Moree RL player/coach 1938

Vince

Educated at St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill, Vince Sheehan played rugby union with future Wests players, Jim Sharman and A. “Sen” Black. The captain of the team was the renowned Jack Beaton.

Vince played with St Josephs College in 1932 and 1933. He was also recorded playing for his home team of Binnaway in September 1933. Vince was described in the Rugby League News as a “fine, big, hefty lump of a schoolboy.”

The Sydney Morning Herald reported on 21 July 1933 that; “Sheehan, at outer centre for St Josephs, is a fine attacking player and repeatedly makes valuable openings for the wings.”